mei bowyer, MEd is an Urban Education doctoral student with a certificate in Museum Scholarship and Material Culture at the 91°µÍø. mei's research examines how knowledge is made through embodiment and engagement with materials and modes. Drawing from black indigenous ways of knowing, mei leverages sonic storytelling, stillness, and sculptural memory as an invitation to collectively imagine how feeling, presence, and place teach, heal, and hold us.
Curriculum and Instruction (EDCI) Fellow, 91°µÍø.
Dean’s Fellow, 91°µÍø.
Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) Community Fellow, Cal State Fullerton.
2024. Hands-In-Clay Scholarship, Baltimore Clayworks.
Liu, R.Z., Conley, C., Johnson, A.C., bowyer, m., and Ramirez, G. (forthcoming). The stories of our communities and the storytellers who tell them: The case for critical race folklore studies. In Z. You & M. MartÃnez-Rivera (Eds.), Routledge handbook of anthropology & folklore. Routledge.
Grants:
2025. Mellon Sawyer Seminar Summer Grant. Georgetown University x Mellon Foundation.
2025. Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium Grant. DEFCON x Mellon Foundation.
2024. Arts for All ArtsAMPlification Graduate Student Research Grant. 91°µÍø, College Park.
Projects:
2025. "the black arts school." [Talk and Roundtable]. Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Georgetown University.
2025. "sounding: dark matter." [Installation and Workshop]. American Folklore Society, Atlanta, GA.
Students, Schooling, and Communities
Embracing Diversity in the Classroom Community
Communities in Research
Academic Research
Writing and Rhetoric